Show THEIR MINDS f AREM AREMAE UP t tS f 4 S Waiting For Instructions Instructions Instructions to Walk WalkOut Out y JOINT JOINT TRACK f ORDER ORDER IS OFF OFF i 4 SHORT LINE MAN tAN gOES TO c r No o t was as r eh d in the th cJ city iLY yesterday rest day from headquarters by y the boilermakers and machinists p of he Oregon Short Line although they th y ex cx expected cx Cf Co tb hear tram from rom Omaha There was a that the men would not go out but this hope is disappoint disappointed ed by the men themselves who took tooka a ft vote upon the question about a week ago None of or the high officials of or orthe the road has returned to the city al although a though General Superintendent Calvin and Motive Motie Superintendent Dunn are expected today Superintendent Henderson and Mas Master Master ter Mechanic Tollerton did not look for tor or any trouble among the men here The force In the boiler holler and machine shops is small and the not think the men mart would go out Mr Ir Tol Tollerton 01 lerton who Is in close touch with the said aid that he had had no ex expression expression expressio from the men as to their in intentions intention An official of the road said yesterday The men have no reason to go out They have h ve nothing to gain by such action They Tb are working by the week and the P ve always been granted any an demands made by the company I think the th lh saw enough of the workings I of the of 1894 to convince them that there is nothing to be gained by bya byn a n sympathetic action The men here have grIevance they are arp getting good wages and it would be an un unwise unwise Unwise wise act Into a purely sympathetic sympathetic I strike Pear F ar Contract Contract System The men fuen seem to look at the matter mattern in n a different light They believe bell eye that unless the Omaha strike is won by the themen themen themen men that the ilie contract system of or work working working ing may be introduced on the other t branches of tt the e Harriman lines This Is the bong boi of or o contention and the men mendo mendo mendo do not appear to look with favor upon the piecework ork system One ot the boilermakers said yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day that the matter had been carefully care tully weighed from all aU sides and that they were ready to carry out the wishes of oC the Omaha leaders and walk out The matter has been thoroughly discussed in anticipation of such a crisis as now appears The effect upon the operating de department department it must be admitted would woul l be serious It if the in this city and Pocatello walk out The road has several hundred locomotives to keep in repair and notwithstanding the im improvements improvements to its shops has not been able to c Up with the work on hand although the men have been working ever hours hou In many man cases they have havo been forced to rob one en engine gine to supply parts part for another Support For Strikers A Rio Grande Grand boilermaker said yes yesterday yesterday yesterday that th tha t there are men in the union froth from whom the strikers will draw support The unions all over the country have been contributing to the strike fund for the Omaha If the trouble goes far enough It can be carried to a point where every boil in the country would be called out ut The rhe effect of this would be to practically practically tie tie up every road In the United States s V This is Just where the thing is drift drifting drifting driftIng ing to Id one of the railroad em and before this question is set settled settled tied it be e done one I r do not vant nt to see ace things go 0 to that extreme but when hen these the e troubles there is no tell telling tellIn lag ing In where they the are liable to end The Rio Grande men sent gent a request fUr for an v a increase to the officials at Den 11 r several weeks ago and the matter matteri is i still under consideration The Th mat tr has since passed pa sed into the hands of the board of or adjudication at St Louis And the are awaiting patiently the result of the deliberations of that tha body boa What hat the result will be in case the request of the men me is not complied compiled With is yet ot speculative The company l is 1 anxious to ta t avert trouble and the conservative workmen hope that the difficulty will m be satisfactorily adjusted without making it necessary for the en to consider the question of resort resorting resortIng resorting ing to extreme measures |